Zachary Foster on Israel's Gaza Invasion, Genocide, and West Bank Escalation

Gaza City Ground Invasion and Bombardment

• 🎯 Gaza City is facing a new level of horror as Israel follows through on its announced ground invasion of the north.
• 💥 Over 850 targets have been hit in Gaza in the past week, with analysts likening the bombing to scenes in Dresden after World War II.
• 🚶 Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are fleeing Gaza City on foot or by any means available, but many cannot afford to leave due to the high cost of transportation and basic necessities like tents.

Economic Devastation and Displacement

• 💸 The cost of leaving Gaza City is prohibitive, with a truck rental potentially costing $2,000 USD, and tents upwards of $1,000 USD.
• 🗺️ 90% of the Gaza Strip is declared an Israeli military zone, a kill zone where residents are at risk of being shot, bombed, or attacked by armored vehicles.
• 🏗️ Israel's military objective appears to be the eradication of all physical infrastructure, flattening Gaza to make it unlivable and force further displacement.

West Bank Escalation and Ethnic Cleansing

• 🚨 The situation in the West Bank is mirroring Gaza, with mass ethnic cleansing from refugee camps, mass arrests, and killings.
• 🏘️ There are plans to build 3,500 new housing units in the E1 zone, a move that would effectively dissect the West Bank and make a contiguous Palestinian state impossible.
• ⛓️ Palestinian men from the West Bank are being rounded up and taken to Israeli detention centers, where reports indicate torture, murder, and rape have occurred.

Starvation and International Complicity

• 🚫 Israel controls all entry and exit points to Gaza, dictating the amount of food that enters and contributing to a campaign of mass starvation.
• 🌾 Agricultural land in Gaza is 98% destroyed, making local food production impossible, and aid sites are frequently sites of violence where Palestinians are killed trying to obtain meager food rations.
• 🗣️ International declarations and condemnations are insufficient; action is needed to provide food, water, medicine, and shelter, and to end the aerial bombardment.

Israeli Espionage and Blackmail

• 🕵️ Israel has a history of spying on allies, including planting listening devices on the White House lawn and in the personal residences of heads of state.
• ⚖️ The Israeli government has a long-standing practice of blackmail and bribery, targeting UN officials and others who investigate or criticize their actions.
• 🌍 This behavior is described as part of Israel's DNA, with no restraints or pretense of restraints, acting as a rogue state with impunity.